Glaucoma

Most patients with open-angle glaucoma responded favorably to repeat selective laser trabeculoplasty, regardless of initial response, and experienced a longer duration of effect, according to a study in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Dry eye disease is common in glaucoma patients treated with hypotonizing eye drops, with 56.1% of patients reporting subjective signs of dry eye, according to a study in the Open Journal of Ophthalmology.

Hormonal therapy may delay glaucoma onset in postmenopausal women, with longer duration of treatment linked to later diagnosis of glaucoma, according to a study in Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science.

Megatrends happen in ophthalmology when new technology addresses existing patient needs and is met with physician acceptance. There’s no better example of this than the current landscape in glaucoma.

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Keith Barton, MD, speaks about the iTrack Global Data Registry, which collects real-world data on canaloplasty.

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Nishani Amerasinghe, MD, speaks about her early experience with the Alcon Ngenuity 1.5 3D visualization system.

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Richard Lewis, MD, speaks about femtosecond laser image-guided high-precision trabeculotomy, or FLigHT.

BARCELONA, Spain — The future of glaucoma management will be enabled by AI and genomics, according to a speaker at Glaucoma Day during the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.

Stefano Gandolfi, MD, a glaucoma specialist and Healio | OSN Europe Edition Board Member, died on Sept. 2 at the age of 64 years.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium, Cari Stone of Elios Vision previews the company’s excimer laser for the treatment of glaucoma.